Stability of point defects of degree 12 in a two-dimensional nematic liquid crystal model

DOI10.1007/S00526-016-1051-2zbMATH Open1353.82076arXiv1601.02812OpenAlexW2238641799MaRDI QIDQ342995FDOQ342995

Valeriy V. Slastikov, Arghir Zarnescu, Luc Nguyen, Radu Ignat

Publication date: 18 November 2016

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study $k$-radially symmetric solutions corresponding to topological defects of charge $frack2$ for integer $keq0$ in the Landau-de Gennes model describing liquid crystals in two-dimensional domains. We show that the solutions whose radial profiles satisfy a natural sign invariance are stable when $|k|=1$ (unlike the case $|k|>1$ which we treated before). The proof crucially uses the monotonicity of the suitable components, obtained by making use of the cooperative character of the system. A uniqueness result for the radial profiles is also established.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.02812

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zbMATH Keywords

liquid crystalsLandau-de Gennes model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15) Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Critical points of functionals in context of PDEs (e.g., energy functionals) (35B38) Existence of optimal solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49J30) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Existence theories for free problems in two or more independent variables (49J10)

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